CORPORATE LOANS (Details 3) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) issuer loan	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) issuer loan
Recorded investment in impaired loans and related allowances for credit losses
Number of loans in default \| loan	1	1
Estimated fair value of corporate loans in default	$ 105.1	$ 113.6
Number of issuers in default \| issuer	1	1
Corporate loans, at estimated fair value
Recorded investment in impaired loans and related allowances for credit losses
Par amount of non-accrual loans	$ 435.2	$ 435.2
Estimated fair value of non-accrual loans	$ 115.6	$ 127.5

Represents the par value of non-accrual loans.

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- Definition

Estimated fair value of financing receivables that are in default at the balance sheet date.

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- Definition

The number of issuers of loans receivable that are in default.

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- Definition

Represents the number of loans receivable that are in default.

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- Definition

This item represents the aggregate fair value of loans held as assets that are in nonaccrual status for which the fair value option has been elected, if the entity's policy is to recognize interest income separately from other changes in fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (e)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957238&loc=d3e14064-108612

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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